Winners From The 34th Annual American Music Awards

November 22, 2006 at 5:53 AM (PT)

THE BLACK EYED PEAS were big winners at the 2006 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, taking home three awards. The event, held last night (11/21) at LOS ANGELES' SHRINE AUDITORIUM, was broadcast live on ABC. THE BLACK EYED PEAS, who accepted their awards via satellite from COSTA RICA, were named FAVORITE GROUP in the SOUL/R&B and RAP/HIP-HOP categories and won for FAVORITE ALBUM ("Monkey Business") in the RAP/HIP-HOP catagory.

The CHILI PEPPERS won FAVORITE POP/ROCK BAND and FAVORITE ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ARTIST. RASCAL FLATTS was the winner for FAVORITE COUNTRY BAND and the T-MOBILE TEXT-IN AWARD, voted on by the public during the show's broadcast. BLIGE took home honors for FAVORITE FEMALE SOUL/R&B ARTIST and FAVORITE SOUL/R&B ALBUM ("The Breakthrough"). KELLY CLARKSON won FAVORITE FEMALE POP/ROCK ARTIST and FAVORITE ADULT CONTEMPORARY ARTIST.